Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt
Subtitle: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China (Studies in Environment and History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780521591775
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Nature; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Effect of environment on; Renaissance; Human Geography; Environmental Economics; Human Ecology; Business & Economics; History - General History; History; Business/Economics; China; Effect of human beings on; Economic development--Environmental aspects--; Economic development--Environmental aspects--China--History; History / Renaissance; History-Renaissance; Human beings; Asia - China; Economic History; Natural Resources; Economic development; Environmental aspects
First sentence: To begin this study with a chapter subtitled "the natural environment" followed by one on "human settlement" presents something of a false dichotomy between nature on the one hand and people on the other, for as ecologists have insisted, human beings are a part of a broader ecosystem.